use a lot of springs (like 4) to avoid the floyd moving when you are doing two string bends or really heavy bends and have the guitar set up right with a tech and you can do much more then with a strat trem and it will stay in tune better.

On a Floyd Rose you can do everything a normal Strat tremolo can, plus you have more headroom for diving and pulling up the tremolo, perhaps having more liberty to do any kind of effects, flutters (a strat tremolo can do this too?), and thanks to it including a Locking nut it will hold on tune better under any ciscunstance when compared to a normal strat bridge.

And About the double stop bends, what about pushing a bit down the bridge with your picking hand while doing them? I do it all the time, it's just a little presure and is really easy, just gotta know how much you have to push to keep it sounding great, and that is easy too no extra setup/springs/blocking to do them...

yes but a floyd tends to move in pitch much more quickly than a strat trem (think that's because of the locking nut, that's what john suhr says anyway), so a strat trem arguably does more subtle vibrato better than a floyd.

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Strat bridges are better if you want to be really accurate with your vibrato tricks; they also preserve sustain and the fundamental tone better. See: Jeff Beck.
Non-recessed double-locking bridges are better if you aren't so fussed about vibrato accuracy and having a slightly thinner tone and insist on the very best tuning stability. The difference between this and a Strat bridge is minimal. See: Richie Sambora
Recessed double-locking bridges are better if you want to do the most exaggerated dives and rises; you have no choice but to accept this comes at the cost of fundamental tones, sustain and the occasional slightly off-pitch note. The difference between this and a Strat bridge is substantial. See: Steve Vai.

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Thanks for all the help guys, I think I understand a lot more (:
But how about the special PRS trem system? I know that PRS have their own unique trem, can that do anything a floyd can? Like supreme dive bombs and dimebag squeelies?
Or let me put this differently, what can or can't it do?

^ I'm not that familiar with the prs trem, so take what i'm saying with a pinch of salt, lol, but i assume it's a bit like a wilkinson, so sorta in-between a strat trem and a floyd.

it's not so much what they can do and can't do, it's more how well they do it. if that makes sense. someone who's really good at setting up and maintaining a strat trem (not to mention expert at using it) could probably do most of what you can do with a floyd with a standard strat trem. but a (good) floyd does the more extreme stuff with less fuss.

just in case that sounds like i'm saying everyone should just use a standard strat trem, i'm not. for more extreme stuff i prefer a floyd.

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Strat bridges are better if you want to be really accurate with your vibrato tricks; they also preserve sustain and the fundamental tone better. See: Jeff Beck.
Non-recessed double-locking bridges are better if you aren't so fussed about vibrato accuracy and having a slightly thinner tone and insist on the very best tuning stability. The difference between this and a Strat bridge is minimal. See: Richie Sambora
Recessed double-locking bridges are better if you want to do the most exaggerated dives and rises; you have no choice but to accept this comes at the cost of fundamental tones, sustain and the occasional slightly off-pitch note. The difference between this and a Strat bridge is substantial. See: Steve Vai.

disagree. a non-recessed floyd is way different from a strat trem.

how does a recessed floyd help you do a more exaggerated dive, out of interest?

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